Middle age? I’m 28 and I’ve done it for over a decade.
My worst one was doing this, and going back downstairs, then remembering it. I then went back upstairs, forgot a second time, went back to the basement, remembered what was upstairs for a THIRD time, and told myself, “F### this, I’ll live without it.”
And then when you go back downstairs, you remember.
This is because, according to psychology, doorways are to brains what shaking is to etch-a-sketch. Dogs have it way worse tho, if you want to train one in a trick, you have to train ’em in all the places, or they just learn to do the trick in the one room.
Yes! I read about this! You’re brain is kind of hardwired to perceive doorways as “You’re in a new place. FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE AND CHECK FOR THREATS.”
What I hate is when you know you are forgetting something, and you look around, hoping to see what it is you forgot… and decide that it’s just your imagination. You believe it until you are a good 10 minutes out, and then remember what it was, but if you turn around to get it, you’ll be late for- whatever important thing you were heading for.
8 thoughts on “#824 Typical”
Ale-8-One Ohmu
Welcome to middle age.
duskflights
Middle age? I’m 28 and I’ve done it for over a decade.
My worst one was doing this, and going back downstairs, then remembering it. I then went back upstairs, forgot a second time, went back to the basement, remembered what was upstairs for a THIRD time, and told myself, “F### this, I’ll live without it.”
maninblack
Good question
Rick Drake
Glad to know it is not just me….at least I don’t have stairs involved.
DannyboyO1
And then when you go back downstairs, you remember.
This is because, according to psychology, doorways are to brains what shaking is to etch-a-sketch. Dogs have it way worse tho, if you want to train one in a trick, you have to train ’em in all the places, or they just learn to do the trick in the one room.
SurlyQueen
Yes! I read about this! You’re brain is kind of hardwired to perceive doorways as “You’re in a new place. FORGET EVERYTHING ELSE AND CHECK FOR THREATS.”
Never knew that about Doggos though.
Phoenix Belljoy
I’ve done this my entire life. You’ll remember it in a day or so.
Lex-Kat
What I hate is when you know you are forgetting something, and you look around, hoping to see what it is you forgot… and decide that it’s just your imagination. You believe it until you are a good 10 minutes out, and then remember what it was, but if you turn around to get it, you’ll be late for- whatever important thing you were heading for.
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